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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Perihelion distance : 5.8 AU
Inclination to ecliptic : 9 °
Orbital period : 14.91 years
Eccentricity : 0.04

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 Nov 04 23h56 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Magnitude (MPC m2)16.8
Aperture radius for m25.2 "
r (dist/Sun) 5.993 AU
d (dist/Earth) 6.631 AU
Right ascension267.30104 °
Declination-28.64942 °
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.11.04 and 05
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P        KC2015 11 04.99700 17 49 12.25 -28 38 57.9          16.8 N      W96
0029P        KC2015 11 05.02457 17 49 13.55 -28 38 57.6          16.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
FilterNone
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-30 °C
Binning3x3
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details11 x 120s
Moon elongation118 °
Air mass1.94
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro d'Atacama Chili
Reference stars catalog (ast)UCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)1.03 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 Nov 05 17h18m36s
Observation modification date2015 Nov 05 17h20m03s

(Record n° 14688)

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